216 St over South Fork Pearl Ck

Beadle County, South Dakota · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

• 216 St over South Fork Pearl Ck in Beadle County, South Dakota, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1924, making it 101 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 56 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 40 of the 150 inventoried bridges in Beadle County rated poor (26.7%); 40 (26.7%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is closed to all traffic (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated October 2011, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

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Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the South Dakota department of transportation.

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